#CD442E#CD442E

#CD442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.177 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD442E
RGB	rgb(205, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.8%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 52.98, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 67.92, 38.74°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.1506 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.177 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7402, 17.3147, 4.4656)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD442E #2EB7CD

analogous

#CD2E68 #CD442E #CD942E

triadic

#CD442E #2ECD44 #442ECD

tetradic

#CD442E #68CD2E #2EB7CD #942ECD

square

#CD442E #68CD2E #2EB7CD #942ECD

split-complementary

#CD442E #2ECD94 #2E68CD

monochromatic

#692318 #9B3323 #CD442E #DB6F5D #E69B8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#CD442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#CD442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #CD442E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##CD442E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B602A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E21940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.177 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e57f68',
    500: '#cd442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd442e;
$custom-light: #e57f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.302,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57759,
    "c": 0.17705,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD442E

secondary

#86C6D0

accent

#D0E641

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FFEFEB

border

#D7CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD442E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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